National Register of Historic Places

St. Michael's Church

New York, New York County, New York
Listed
November 15, 1996
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
96001354

About this property

St. Michael's Church is a historic Episcopal church at 225 West 99th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City. The parish was founded on the present site in January 1807, at that time in the rural Bloomingdale District. The present limestone Romanesque building, the third on the site, was built in 1890–91 to designs by Robert W. Gibson and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The church building also is noted for its Tiffany stained glass and its two tracker-action pipe organs built in 1967 by the Rudolph von Beckerath Organ Company (Hamburg, Germany); the church has fine acoustics. In addition to traditional Anglican services, St. Michael's has services and prayer groups influenced by the emerging church movement. Sale of air rights that enabled the building of The Ariel apartment buildings allowed St. Michael's to finance a major restoration. On April 12, 2016, the church, parish house and rectory were designated landmarks by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The church reported 701 members in 2019 and 499 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $758,769 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 150 persons.

Location

225 W. 99th St.
New York, New York County, New York
40.79622, -73.96911

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When was St. Michael's Church listed on the National Register?

St. Michael's Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1996.

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The period of significance for St. Michael's Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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